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In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...

In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...

In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...

In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...

is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...